Review - French School Pianists Play French Concertos
'Another invaluable set that puts pianophiles in APR’s debt once more'
With French a cappella repertory already disappearingly small, that this disc limits its programme to music written for upper voices...
Reviewed by Caroline Gill in issue: 09/2014
This is the fourth double-CD of this ambitious project, of which each instalment explores the contents of one of a...
Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 09/2014
The 1783 trip to Italy of the musician and writer JF Reichardt had far-reaching implications. He returned to his native...
Reviewed by Caroline Gill in issue: 09/2014
The 1783 trip to Italy of the musician and writer JF Reichardt had far-reaching implications. He returned to his native...
Reviewed by Caroline Gill in issue: 09/2014
Every time Mike Westbrook records Glad Day – his much loved settings of William Blake for two solo voices, choir...
Reviewed by Philip Clark in issue: 09/2014
Some works don’t define their era but merely recall it. So listeners would have to be rather fascinated by the...
Reviewed by David Patrick Stearns in issue: 09/2014
Though Schubert’s great song-cycle has had its day with period instruments, this recording has some differences that allow it to...
Reviewed by David Patrick Stearns in issue: 09/2014
Moses Pergament (1893-1977) has been described as ‘one of the best-kept secrets of Swedish music’, although he was born in...
Reviewed by Guy Rickards in issue: 09/2014
The Neapolitan composer Davide Perez (1711 78) settled in Lisbon and his mastery earned him respect in London: he became...
Reviewed by David Vickers in issue: 09/2014
By his own admission, the Polish composer Krzysztof Penderecki has ‘spent decades searching for and discovering new sounds’. Nowhere are...
Reviewed by Alexandra Coghlan in issue: 09/2014
'Another invaluable set that puts pianophiles in APR’s debt once more'
New releases celebrate iconic recordings, fresh discoveries and musical adventures across the...
WiiM Ultra/VibeLink Amp: an ultra-compact take on the ‘just add speakers’ system, this affordable...
‘With Karajan controlling everything, would Large cave in and take what amounted to a secretarial...
‘Yudina really was a “symbol of nonconformism” among Soviet musicians, dressed like a nun and in the...
Mark Pullinger leafs through an idiosyncratic selection from Erato’s Bizet back catalogue
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